Deals & Transactions

Redwood Software raises EUR315m strategic investment from Turn/River Capital to expand cloud automation solutions

11 May 2021

Redwood Software, a specialist provider of cloud-based business and IT process automation solutions, has received a EUR315 million strategic investment from growth equity firm Turn/River Capital. The investment from Turn/River will enable Redwood to accelerate new feature development for its industry-leading IT and business process automation platform, which FeaturedCustomers recently

Godspeed Capital makes strategic investment in Prime Engineering

11 May 2021

Prime Engineering, Inc, an architecture, engineering, and surveying firm, has received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP, a lower middle-market Defence & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

EQT Ventures leads USD40million Airkit investment round

11 May 2021

Multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures has led a USD40 million Series B funding round into Airkit, a low-code digital customer experience platform, on the back of the company’s recent USD28 million Series A announcement.

Latham & Watkins advises Ares on sale of Farrow & Ball

11 May 2021

Latham & Watkins is advising Ares on the sale of Farrow & Ball to Hempel Group. Farrow & Ball is an iconic paint and wallpaper brand with a 75-year British heritage.

Keensight Capital to sell Linkbynet

11 May 2021

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to sell its stake in Linkbynet, a provider of cloud, Devops and cyber security services. This sale would take place in the context of the proposed acquisition of the company by Accenture. Founded in 2000, Linkbynet is

BGF leads GBP7m investment round in Phico Therapeutics

11 May 2021

Cambridge based biotechnology company, Phico Therapeutics (Phico), has received GBP7 million in funding from a consortium of investors. BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, led the round with a GBP3 million investment, while a further GBP4 million was received from existing backers. Founded in 2000 by

Waterland-backed imc group partners with Pulsar Health

11 May 2021

Pulsar Health is joining imc group with the full support of pan-European investor Waterland Private Equity. Located in Cheadle, North West England, Pulsar Health’s ethos and expertise prioritise a ‘one team’ approach to meet clients’ scientific and marketing objectives, making the company a natural partner for imc group. The partnership

MIG portfolio company AMSilk completes EUR29 million financing round

11 May 2021

MIG Verwaltungs AG (MIG AG), one of the leading German venture capital firms, has participated in the EUR29 million series C financing of AMSilk GmbH, Munich. MIG has backed AMSilk since 2008 with capital from several of its funds. In addition to the continued support from seed investors MIG and

Delivery Hero-backed DX Ventures invests in Bluu Biosciences

11 May 2021

Delivery Hero-backed DX Ventures has invested in Bluu Biosciences as part of the company’s seed funding round. Bluu Biosciences is the first company in Europe to specialise in the development and production of cell-based fish using advanced biotechnology. Cell-based or cultivated fish is sustainable fish meat produced from real fish

Cavendish advises on Xexec’s sale to Castik Capital and Abry Partners

11 May 2021

finncap Cavendish (Cavendish), part of financial advisory firm, finnCap Group, has has advised on the sale of a majority stake in Xexec Ltd (Xexec), an employee engagement tech firm, to funds advised by Castik Capital (Castik) and Boston-based private equity firm, Abry Partners (Abry). Headquartered in London, Xexec is an

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